Trivia

When she was in her 20s, she had thyroid cancer and had to have her thyroid removed. She doesn't cover the scar on her neck because she thinks it's kind of cool.

She is fluent in the Persian language, as well as English.

She is of Iranian and Scottish ancestry.

She has a tattoo of each of her children's names. Daughter Gemma is on her left wrist in ancient Persian and son Ronan is on her right inner forearm in an ancient Celtic script called Ogham.

Rides a motorcycle.

Is very physically fit and loves all sports, particularly kick-boxing, skiing, and snowboarding.

Studied for awhile at UCLA, and wanted to be either a surgeon or a biomedical engineer.

Drove in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Celebrity Race in 1998 and 1999.

Has a heart tattoo with the word "love" inside of it on her right ankle.

Was a contestant on Match Game (1990) and introduced herself as Cathy Bell, a massage therapist. She won $900, but didn't make it to the final Super Match round. Was also a contestant on To Tell the Truth (1990) and introduced herself (an impostor) in the same manner. She and the other two stumped the entire panel for winnings of $3000.

Often plays roles in military movies and TV shows: JAG (1995), Black Thunder (1998), Crash Dive (1996), Men of War (1994), and Army Wives (2007).

Correctly predicted the winner and final score of Super Bowl XXXVI, in a survey of 70 celebrities who had nothing to do with football conducted by The Sporting News. Specifically, she correctly predicted that the New England Patriots would beat the St. Louis Rams by a score of 20-17. (She is incorrectly rumored to have made this prediction before the season began; in fact, she made it after after both teams had already won their respective conference championships.).

Gave birth to her second child, a son named Ronan who weighed 7lbs 7oz at birth and was 19 3/4 inches long, on 21 August 2010.

Studies acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas.

In Last Man Standing (2011), she beat Mekhi Phifer in the final fight.

Gave birth to a daughter, Gemma on 16 April 2003

She was selected #84 in year 2001, #38 in 2002, and #20 in the 2004 list of the FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

Named #75 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.

Signed on for a supporting role in the second half of the first season of Threshold (2005) and shot one episode before the show was canceled.

Friends with comic Kathy Griffin.

Sprained her ankle while playing golf [June 2, 2008].